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COATING COMPOSITIONS OF AN
ALKYD-ACRYLIC GRAFT COPOLY~ER
BAC~GROUND OF THE INVENTION
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This invention relates to eoating
eompositions and in particular to an aqueous eoating
composition of a graft copolymer.
Coating compositions of acrylic polymers
are well known as shown by Crissey U.S. Patent
2,934,509, issued April 26, 1960 and provide finishes
that have an excellent appearance and that are
weatherable and durable but require the finish to
be baked. Coating compositions of alkyd resins
are also well known and have been used for many
years as autornotive and truck finishes. These
finishes cure at ambient temperatures but do not
have the excellent weatherability and durability
of the above acrylic finishes. Simple blending
of acrylic polymers and alkyd resins does not
provide an optimum finish since these acrylie
polymers and alkyd resins are not generally com-
patible. There is a need in the automobile and
truek manufacturing industry and in the automobile
and truck repair industry for a coating composition
that will cure at ambient temperatures which
represents signifieant sa~ings of energy and for
a eomposition that will provide a finish that has
a high quality appearanee and excellent weather-
ability and durability.
The novel eoating eomposition of this
invention utilizes a graft eopolymer of an aerylie
polymer and an alkyd resin that provides a finish
that eures at ambient temperatures and has an
exeellent appearance~ exeellent physical properties
and excellent adhesion to all types of coated and
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uncoated substrates. The composition h~s an added
advantage of being readily formed into a ~tJater based
composition.
- SUMMARY O~ THE INVENTION
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The coating composition of this invention
comprises a liquid diluent and a binder; the binder
comprises a graft copolymer having an acrylic
backbone and alkyd resin side chains; wherein
the backbone of the graft copolymer
comprises polymerized ethylencially
unsaturated acrylic monomers and from
about 0.1-20% by weight, based
on the weight of the copolymer, of
polymerized isocyanato alkyl acrylates
or methacrylates and
the alkyd resin side chains are attached
to the acrylic backbone by an isocyanato
group that has been reacted with a
hydroxyl carboxyl group of the alkyd
resin.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE IN~ENTION
The coating composition contains about
10-70% by weight of a film forming binder and
usually about 20-60% by weight of the film forming
binder. The remainder of the composition comprises
a liquid diluent which can be solvent but
preferably is water. If water is the diluent,
minor amounts of water dispersible solvents can
be added.
The film forming binder of the coating
composition comprises a graft copolymer having
an acrylic backbone and alkyd resin side chains.
Gther constituents such as alkyd resins, plasticizers
and other polymers that cure at ambient temperatures
can be added and are a portion of the film forming
binder.
In a process for preparing the graft
copolymer, an alkyd resin having hydroxyl groups
or carboxyl groups is prepared and reacted with
an isocyanato alkyl acrylate or methacrylate. The
isocyanate group of the acrylate or methacrylate
reacts with the carboxyl or hydroxyl group of the
alkyd resin to form a prepolymer having an
ethylenically unsaturated group. Etnylenically un-
saturated monomers such as alkyl acrylates or
methacrylates, including acid monomers such as acrylic
or methacrylic acid, are then added and polymerized
with the prepolymer to form the graft copolymer.
The alkyd resin used for the graft
copolymer is the esterification product of drying
oil fatty acids, organic dicarboxylic acids such
as aromatic dicarboxylic acids or their anhydrides,
and a polyhydric alcohol. Monocarboxylic acids,
epoxy resins, monofunctional alcohols and drying
oils can be used to prepare the alkyd resin. To
prepare the alkyd resin, the above constituents
along with an esterification catalyst are charged
into a reaction vessel. Either a conventional fusion
or solution process using conventional equipment can
be used to prepare the alkyd resin. Generally,
25 reaction temperatures of about 150-250C for
1 to 5 hours are used to prepare the resin. The
resulting alkyd resin has an acid number of about
1-100 and a number average molecular weight of about
800-4000 determined by gel permeation chromatography.
Typical hydroxyl free solvents that can be
used in the solution process for making the
alkyd resin are as follows: xylene, toluene
and other aromatic solvents, ethers such as dialkyl
ether of ethylene glycol, keiones such as
methylethyl ketone, saturated aliphatic hydr~carbons~
esters such as acetate solvents and the like.
Typical esterification catalysts that
are used in the process for preparing alkyd resins
are as follows: barium oxide, barium hydroxide,
barium naphthenate, calcium oxide, calcium hy-
droxide, calcium napthenate, lead oxide, lithium
hydroxide, lithium naphthenate, lithium ricinoleate,
sodium hydroxide, sodium naphthenate, zinc oxide,
lead tallate and dibutyltin oxide which is preferred.
Typical drying oil fatty acids that
are used to prepare alkyd resins are as follows:
dehydrated castor oil fatty acids, tung oil fatty acids,
linseed oil fatty acids, oiticica oil fatty acids,
safflower oil fatty acids, soya oil fatty acids,
and the like. Dehydrated castor oil fatty acids
soya oil fatty acids and tung oil fatty acids are
preferred.
Typical aromatic dicarboxylic acids or
anhydrides thereof that can be used to prepare
the alkyd resin are as follows: isophthalic acid,
terephthalic acid, phthalic acid and phthalic
anhydride.
Typical polyhydric alcohols that can
be used to prepare alkyd resins are as follows:
ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, 1,3-butylene
glycol, pentanediol, neopentyl glycol, hexylene
glycol, diethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol,
triethylene glycol, glycerol, trimethylolethane,
trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol, methyl-
glucoside, diepentaerythritol, and sorbitol.
Pentaerythritol is preferred.
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Other monobasic organic acids also can be
used to prepare alkyd resins and are as follows:
abietic acid, benzoic acid, p-tert-butylbenzoic
acid, caproic acid, caprylic acid, crotonic acid,
2-ethyl-hexoic acid, lauric acid, pelargonic acid,
rosin acids, and the like.
Monofunctional alcohols also can be
used to prepare alkyd resins and are as follows:
butanol, pentanol, hexanol, isooctanol, ethoxy-
ethanol, and butyl carbitol.
Drying oils also can be used to prepare
the alkyd resin such as soya oil, corn oil, dehydrated
castor oil, linseed oil oiticica oil, safflower oil
and tung oil.
Epoxy resins such as epoxy resins of
bisphenol A and epichlorc~ydrinr hydrogenated bis-
phenol A and epicholorhydrin, novolac epoxy resins and
the like can also be used to prepare the alkyd resin.
The following are preferred alkyd resins
that form high quality compositions: dehydrated
castor oil fatty acids/benzoic acid/pentaerythritol/
phthalic anhydride/epoxy resin of hydrogenated bisphenol
- A and epichlorohydrin; dehydrated castor oil fatty
acids/soya bean oil fatty acids/benzoic acid/pentaery-
thritol/phthalic anhydride/isophthalic acid; dehydrated
castor oil fatty acids/benzoic acid/pentaerythritol/
phthalic anhydride/isophthalic acid and tung oil fatty
acids/dehydrated castor oil fatty acids/benzoic acid/
phthalic acid/isophthalic acid/pentaerythritol.
Isocyanato alkyl acrylates or
isocyanato alkyl methacrylate monomers are
then added to the alkyd resin. A molar ratio of
the isocyanato monomers to alkyd resin polymer chains
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is used such that on an average ~ne isocyana~o
monomer reacts with a carboxy1 or hydroxyl group of
an alkyd resin chain to form a chain haYing a
single ethylenically uns-aturated group on each
resin chain. To react the isocyanato monomer with
the alkyd resin, a catalyst is added such as di-
butyl tin dilaurate and additional solvent and
reaction temperatures of about 50-120C for about
0.25-1.0 hour are used.
Other catalyst that can be used are
tertiary amines and polyamines well known in the
art.
Typical isocyanato monomers that can
be used are as follows: isocyanatoethyl acrylate,
isocyanatoethyl methacrylate (ICEMA), isocyanato-
butyl acrylate, isocyanatobutyl methacrylate, iso-
cyanatohexyl acrylate and isocyanatohexyl methacrylate.
ICEMA is a preferred monomer because of its avail-
ability and ease of copolymerization with other
monomers.
To prepare the graft copolymer
ethylenically unsaturated monomers of the backbone
are added to the alkyd resin that has been reacted
with an isocyanato alkyl acrylate or methacrylate
along with a conventional polymerization catalyst
and optionally solvents. Any of the aforementioned
solvents can be used. The above constituents are
reacted at about 50-170C for about 1-6 hours to
form the graft copolymer.
The resulting graft copolymer comprises
about 25-90% by weight of acrylic backbone and
about 10-75% by weight of alkyd resin side chains
and contains about 0.1-20% by weight of reacted
and polymerized isocyanato alkyl acrylate or
methacrylate. The graft copolymer has a number
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average molecular weight (Mn) of about 3,000 to
10,000 measured by gel permeation chromatography
using polystyrene as a standard.
Typical ethylenically unsaturated
acrylic monomers used to prepare the graft copolymer
are as follows: alkyl methacrylates having 1-12 carbon
atoms in the alkyl groups such as methyl methacrylate,
ethyl methacrylate, propyl methacrylate, butyl
methacrylate, hexyl methacrylate, octyl methacrylate,
nonyl methacrylate, lauryl methacrylate; alkyl
acrylates having 1 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl group
such as methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, propyl
acrylate, butyl acrylate, hexyl acrylate, octyl
acrylate, lauryl acrylate; acrylonitrile, methacryloni-
trile, styrene, hydroxyalkyl acrylates and methacry-
lates such as hydroxy ethyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl
acrylate, hydroxybutyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl metha-
crylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, hydroxybutyl
methacrylate and the like. To provide a graft copolymer
that is water dispersible about 2-10% by weight, based
on the weight of the graft copolymer of ethylenically
unsaturated carboxylic acid monomers are used such
as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid,
itaconic acid, maleic anhydride, fumaric acid and
the like.
To provide compatibility with plas-
ticizers and alkyd resin used in coating compositions
prepared with the graft copolymer, monomers that pro-
vide compatibility with these plasticizers and alkyd
resins can be included in the backbone in amounts
of about 1-10% by weight of the graft copolymer.
Typical monomers of this type are diethyl aminoethyl
methacrylate and tertiary butyl aminoethyl methacry-
late. ~owever, these monomers tend to react with the
acid in the polymer such as methacrylic acid. To
prevent this ~rom occurring a~ter the graft cop~ly,mer
is formed with these monomers, additional iso-
cyanato alkyl acrylate or methacrylate can be added.
The isocyanato group will react with these monomers
and provide extra ethylenically unsaturated groups
on the polymer which readily cure after application
of a coating composition as the composition is dried.
Typical polymerization catalysts that
can be used to form the graft copolymer are as
follows: azobisisobutyronitrile, 2,2-azobis (2,4-
dimethylvaleronitrile), benzoyl peroxide, ditertiarybutyl peroxlde, tertiary butyl hydroperoxide,
t-butyl peroxy pivalate and the like.
After the graft copolymer is prepared
and an aqueous coating composition is desired,
a base such as ammonia or amine or a combination
thereof is added. The base reacts with free carboxyl
groups of the graft copolymer to form salt groups
which allow the graft copolymer to be dispersed
in an aqueous medium. Water is then added to form
a coating composition. The pH of the resulting
composition can be adjusted to about 6.5-9. A pH
of about 7-8 is usually used.
Typical amines that can be used are
triethylamine, trimethylamine, ethanolamine, N,N-
diethylethanolamine, N,N-dimethylethanolamine,
N-methylethanolamine, N-methylethanolamine, mono-
isopropanolamine, butanolamine, ethylenediamine,
diethylamine and the like.
To formulate a coating composition,
the polymer after preparation which is in solution
is blended with an alkyd resin, con~entional driers,
pigments, and plasticizers~ Pigments can be omitted
and the composition can be used as a clear coating
composition.
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About 1-20% by weight, based on
the weight of the binder, of any of the aforementioned
alkyd resins used to prepare the graft copolymer
can be used. The preferred alkyd resins are those
that are preferred for the graft copolymer as
mentioned above.
Conventional plasticizers can be used
in the coating composition in amounts about 1-20~
by weight, based on the weight of the binder; usually,
about 5-15% by weight of plasticizer is used.
Generally, the amount of alkyd resin and plasticizer
should not exceed 35% by weight of the binder.
Typically useful plasticizers are butyl benzylphthalate
and trimethylol propane trimethacrylate. Certain
formulations of the graft copolymer can also be used
as a plasticizer. One typical graft copolymer com- -
prises a backbone of polymerized monomers of methyl-
methacrylate, butylacrylate, isocyanato ethyl metha-
crylate and side chains of an alkyd resin of
pelargonic acid, benzoic acid, pentaerythritol and
adipic acid.
Typical pigments that are used in the
coating composition are metallic oxides such as
titanium dioxide, iron oxide, zinc oxide, and the
like, metallic flakes such as aluminum flake,
bronze flake, nickel flake, metallic powders, metallic
hydroxides, phthalocyanine pigments, "Monastral"
pigments, molybdate pigments such as molybdate
orange pigments, quinacridone pigments, sulfate pig-
ments, carbonate pigments, carbon black pigments,silica pigments and other organic and inorganic
pigments commonly used in coatings. Pigments are
added in a pigment to binder weight ratio of about
0.5/100 to 200/100 where the binder is the film
forming constituent of the coating composition.
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The pigments are usually dispersed with a graft
copolymer or another resin to form a pigment dis-
persion by conventional techniques such as sand
grinding, ball milling, attritor grinding and the like.
The pigment dispersion is then added to the coating
composition.
Typically useful pigment dispersing
resins are disclosed in Jakubauskas U.S. Patent
3,980,602 issued September 14, 1976. One preferred
resin that forms a high quality product is a polymer
of methyl methacrylate/styrene/butyl acrylate/
acrylic acid. The following ratio of constituents
is particularly preferred 25/30/35/10.
Organo metallic driers can be added to the
coating composition in amounts of about 0.01-5% by
weight, based on the weight of the coating composition.
Typical metallic driers are based on cobalt, copper,
lead, zirconlum, calcium, iron, nickel, tin, zlnc,
lithium and the like and are cobalt naphthenate,
copper naphthenate, lead tallate, calcium naphthenate,
; iron naphthenate, lithium naphthenate, lead naphthenate,
nickel octoate, zirconium octoate, cobalt octoate,
iron octoate, zïnc octoate, alkyl tin dilaurates
such as dibutyl tin dilaurate and the like.
The coating composition can be sold
as a solvent based composition and then reduced
to an application viscosity with an aqueous
solution containing an amine or ammonia or the
composition can be sold in an aqueous medium and
also reduced to an application viscosity with
the above aqueous solution. The composition can
be applied to a variety o substrates by any of the
conventional application methods such as sprayïng,
electrostatic spraying, dipping, brushing, flow
coating, roller coating and the like. The resulting
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coatings can be dried at ambient temperatures or
baked at relatively low temperatures up to abaut
140C for about 5 minutes to 2 hours. The re-
sulting coating is about 0.1~5 mils thick and is
glossy, durable, weatherable, and has an excellent
appearance.
The composition has excellent adhesion
to all types of substrates such as wood, glass, bare
metal, primed metal, phosphatized metal, metal
painted with the -following: acrylic enamel, acrylic
lac~uer, acrylic dispersion enamel, acrylic dispersion
lacquer, alkyd enamel, conventional alkyd or epoxy
primers; fiberglass reinforced with polyester painted
as above; acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene plastics
or other plastics painted as above. The aforementioned
characteristics make the composition particularly
useful as a finish or a refinish used for automobiles
and truck bodies.
Another aspect of this invention is to
utilize the composition as a clear coat/color coat
finish for substrates. In this finish, a clear coat
top layer is in firm adherence to a color coat
layer that is in adherence with a substrate. The
clear coat is a transparent f;lm of the coating
composition of this invention and the color coat is
the coating composition of this invention containing
pigments in a pigment to binder ratio of about 1/100
to 150/100 and other additives.
Optionally, the color coat can contain
about 0.1-20% by weight, based on the weight of the
binder of the color coat, of an ultraviolet light
stabilizer. Another option is that the color coat
and the clear coat each can contain about 1-20% by
weight, based on the weight of the binder of the coat,
of an ultraviolet light stabilizer and about 0.1-5~
%
by weight, based on the weight of the binder of the
coat, of an antioxidant; wherein the weight ratio
of ultraviolet light stabilizer to antioxidant is
about 1:1 to about 50:1.
Preferred, to form a durable finish,
both the clear coat and the color coat contain about
5-8% by weight of an ultraviolet light stabilizer
along with about 0.1-1% by weight of the antioxidant
and the ratio of ultraviolet light stabilizer to
antioxidant is about 10:1.
The thickness of the fully cured color
coat and clear coat can vary. Generally, the color
coat is ahout 0.4-1.5 mils thick and preferably
0.6-1.0 mils thick and the clear coat is about
0.5-6.0 mils thick and preferably 0.8-1.5 mils thick.
Any of the aforementioned conventional pigments can
be used in the color coat including metallic flake
pigments can be used. The clear coat can also contain
transparent pigments, i.e., pigments having the same
or similar refractive index as the binder of the
clear coat and are of a small particle size of about
0.015-50 microns. Typical pigments that can be used
in a pigment to binder weight ratio of about 1/100 to
10/lQ0 are inorganic siliceous pigments, such as
silica pigments. These pigments have a refractive
index of about 1.4-1.6.
Typical ultraviolet light stabilizers
that are useful are as follows:
Benzophenones such as hydroxy
dodecyloxy benzophenone, 2,4-dihydroxybenzophenone,
hydroxybenzophenones contaïning sulfonic groups
and the like.
Triazoles such as 2-phenyl-4-(2',4'-
dihydroxybenxoyl)-triazoles, substituted benzo-
triazoles such as hydroxy-phenyltriazoles and the like.
Triazines such as 3,5-dialkyl-4-hydroxy-
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phenyl derivatives of triazine, sulfur containingderivatives of diallyl-4-hydroxy phenyl triazines,
hydroxy phenyl-l 9 3,5-triazine and the like.
Benzoates such as dibenzoate of
diphenylol propane, tertiary butyl benzoate of di-
phenylol propane, and the like.
Other ultraviolet light stabilizers
that can be used include lower alkyl thiomethylene
containing phenols, substituted benzenes such as 1,3-
bis-(2'-hydroxybenzoyl) benzene, metal derivatives of
3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxy phenyl proprionic acid,
asymmetrical oxalic acid diarylamides, alkylhydroxy-
phenyl-thioalkanoic acid ester and the like.
Particularly useful ultraviolet light
stabilizers that can be used are hindered amines of
bipiperidyl derivatives such as those in Murayama
et al., U.S. Patent 4,061,616, issued December 6,
1977.
Typical antioxidants that are useful
are as follows: tetrakis alkylene(di-alkyl hydroxy
aryl)alkyl ester alkanes such as tetrakis methylene
3(3',5'-dibutyl-4'hydroxyphenyl)proprionate methane,
reaction product of p-amino diphenylamine and
glycidyl methacrylate, reaction product of n-hexyl-
N'-phenyl-p-phenylene diamine and glycidyl methacrylate,
pentaerythritol tetrakis(thioglycolate), trimethylol
propane tris(thioglycolate),trimethylol ethane tris
(thioglycoate), N-(4-anilino phenyl) acrylamide
and the like.
One preferred combination of ultra-
violet light stabilizer and antioxidant is 2-hydroxy-
4-dodecyloxy benzophenone or a substituted 2(2-
hydroxyphenyl) benzotriazole and tetrakis methylene
3(3',5'-dibutyl-4'hydroxyphenyl) proprionate methane.
The clear coat/color coat linish
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is applied by conventional spraying techniques and
preferably the clear coat is applied to the color
coat while the color coat is still wet. Other
conventional application techniques can be used such
as brushing, roller coating, electrostatic spraying
and the like. The finish is then dried at ambient
temperatures or can be used as indicated above.
The following examples illustrate the
invention. All parts and percentages unless other-
wise indicated are on a weight basis. The numberaverage molecular weight (Mn) is determined by gel
permeation chromatography using polystyrene as a
standard.
Example 1
Alkyd Resin
An alkyd resin solution is prepared
as follows:
Portion 1 Parts by Weight
Dehydrated castor oil 743.4
fatty acids
Benzoic acid 121.5
Pentaerythritol 192.5
Dibutyl tin oxide 0.7
Xylene 52.0
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Phthalic anhydride 196.5
Portion 3
Epoxy Resin - (Epoxy resin 311.8
of hydrogenated bisphenol A
and epichlorohydrin having
an epoxide equivalent weight
of 232-238 and a viscosity
measured at 25C of 20-25
poise)
Portion_4
Dimethyl benzyl amine 0.5
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Portion 5
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; Portion l is charged into a conventional
polymerization vessel equipped with a stirrer,
reflux condenser, thermometer, a heating mantle and
a nitrogen inlet. During the following reaction,the
reaction mixture is blanketed with nitrogen and is under
constant agitation. Portion l is heated to its
reflux temperature and held at its reflux temperature
and reacted for about 2 l/2 - 3 hours until the
resulting reaction mixture reaches an acid number
of less than 3. Water resulting from the reaction
is removed as it is formed. Portion 2 is added and
when melted,Portion 3 is added. Portion 4 is added
and the reaction mixture is held at its reflux
temperature for about 30 minutes until an acid
number of less than 10 is reached. Portion 5 is
added and the resulting alkyd resin solution is
cooled to room temperature.
The alkyd resin solution has a solids
content of about 85% and a Gardner Holdt viscosity
measured at 25C and at the above solids content
of about ~-4. The alkyd resin has an acid number
of about 8 and a weight average molecular weight
of about 2000.
Acrylic Alkyd Resin Graft Copolymer
An acrylic alkyd resin graft copolymer
solution is prepared as follows:
30 Portion l Parts by Wei~ht
Alkyd Resin Solution 647.o
(prepared above)
Portion 2
2-Isocyanato ethyl methacrylatelO.0
monomer
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Diethylene glycol dimethyl ether 150.0
Dibutyl tin dilaurate 0.3
Portion 3
Acetone 100.0
Portion 4
Methyl methacrylate monomer 100.0
Butyl methacrylate monomer 100.0
Methacrylic acid monomer 20.0
Dodecyl mercaptan 5.0
Portion 5
Azobisisobutyronitrile 12.0
Methyl ethyl ketone 5
Ethylene glycol monoethylether 50.0
Portion 6
Methyl methacrylate monomer 80.0
Butyl methacr~late monomer go.o
Methacrylic acid monomer ~0.0
2-M~rcaptoethanol 5.0
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether 91.0
Portion 7
Azobisisobutyonitrile 2.0
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Azobisisobutyronitrile -2.0
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Portion 1 is charged into a conven-
tional polymerization vessel equipped as above,
blanketed with nitrogen and heated to its reflux
temperature to remove any moisture and about 10 parts
by weight of solvents. The monomer of portion 2
is premixed with the diethylene glycol ether and
slowly added while the dibutyl tin dilaurate is added
separately in drops. The resulting reaction mixture
is held at about 140C for abQut 60 minut-s. Portion
3 is then slowly added. Portion 4 is prem~ed and added
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to the reaction mixture which is heated to its
reflux temperature of about 90C. Portions 5 and 6 are
each premixed and are added simultaneously to the
reaction mixture over about a 60 minute period
while maintaining the reaction mixture at about 90-
95C. After the addition of portions 5 and 6, the
reaction mixture is held at the abo~e temperature
for about 30 minutes. Portion 7 is then added and the
reaction mixture is held at the above temperature
for an additional 50 minutes and then Portion 8
is added and the reaction mixture is held at the
above temperature for an additional 60 minutes.
The resulting graft copolymer resin
solution has a solids content of 63%, a Gardner
Holdt viscosity measured at 25C of ~, and the resin
has an acid number of about 48.5. The graft
copolymer resin comprises 55% alkyd resin, 1%
isocyanatoethyl methacrylate, 19% butyl methacrylate,
18% methyl methacrylate and 7% methacrylic acid.
The alkyd resin is grafted to the backbone of
butyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate, methacrylic
acid by isocyanato ethyl methacrylate.
The graft copolymer has a Mn in the
range of about 3,000-10,000.
A drier solution is prepared by
blending together the following constituents:
Parts by Weight
Zirconium Octoate Solution 37.79
(6% by weight Zirconium
in mineral spirits)
Cobalt Naphthenate Solution56.60
(55% solids cobalt naphthenate
in mineral spirits)
1, 10 phenanthroline 5.61
Total 100.00
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A clear coating composition i3
prepared by blending the follo~ring constituents:
Parts 'oy l1eight
Graft copolymer resin solution 100.0
~prepared above)
Drier solu~ion (prepared above) 3.6
5% ~queous ammonium hydroxide 23.4
solution
Water 130.0
Total257.0
The above coating composition is
sprayed onto a phosphatized steel substrate and
dried at an ambient temperature. The resulting film
is tacl~ free after two hours and is glossy and
clear. The film after 3 days is resistant to
a 50/50 aliphatic/aromatic solvent mixture.
A white coating composition is
prepared by first forming a white mill base and
then preparing the coating composition with this
mill base.
Whit 2 ~ill Base Parts By Weight
Graft copolymer resin solution 134
(~repared above)
Ethylene glycol monoethylether 91
Titanium dioxide pigment 433
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The above constituents are mixed together
and then charged into a conventional sand mill and
ground for two passes.
3 White coatlng Com~osi~ion Parts by l~eight
White Mill Base(prepared 125
abovej
Graft copolymer resin solution 261
(prepared above)
Drier ~olution ~prepared lO
above)
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5% Aqueous ammonium hydroxide66
solution
Water 4
Total 862
The above coating composition is
spray~d onto a phosphatized steel substrate and
dried at an ambient temperature. The resulting
film is dried to a tack free condition in two
hours and provides a smooth, glossy, weatherabole
10 film about ~-~ mils thick that is resistant to
sol~ents after 3 days.
An aluminum paint is prepared by
blending the following constituents together:
Parts By ~Jeight
15 Alu~inum. Pas~e 12
~66;, Alumi~um ~lake in
mineral spirits)
Graft copolymer solution 308
(prepa~red above)
Drier solution tprepared ll
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5~ Aqueous ammonium hydroxide70
Solution
Water 455
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The above coating composition is
sprayed onto a phosphatized steel substrate and
dried at an ambient temperature. The resulting
film dried to a tack ~ree condition in about two
hours and provides a smooth, glossy, weatherable
30 film about 2-3 mils thick that has an excellent
metallic appearance and is resistant to solven~s
in about 3 days.
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E,xample 2
An alkyd resin solution is prepared
as follows:
Portion 1 Parts by ~Jei~h~
Dehydrated castor oil fatty778.o
Acids
Soyabean oll ~atty acids 1182.0
~enzoic ~cid 343,o
Pentaerythritol 816.0
Phthalic anhydride 417.0
Isophthalic acid 233.0
~ibutyl tin oxide 2.8
Xylene 146.0
Por~ion 2
Toluene 243.0
Diethylene glycol dimethyl ether _ 228.0
Total 4388.8
Portion 1 is charged into a polymeri-
zation vessel equipped as in Example 1 and blanketed
with nitrogen. During the following reaction the
constituen~s in the vessel are under constant
agitation. Portion 1 is heated to its reflux
tempera'ure and held at this temperature until the
resulting reaction mixture reaches an acid number
below 5 which requires about 6 hours. I,~ater is
removed from the reaction mixture as water is formed.
Portion 2 is then added and the resulting alkyd
resin solution is cooled to room temperatures.
The alkyd resin solution has a solids
3 content of about 85% and has a Gardner Holdt
viscosity measured at 25C of about Y. The alkyd
resin has an acid number of about 3.3 and a Mn
of about 2200.
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Acrylic Alkyd Resin Graft Copolymer
An acrylic resin graft copolymer
solution is prepared as follows:
Portion 1 Parts by Weight
5Alkyd resin solution 440.0
-~ (prepared above)
Portion 2
2-Isocyanato ethyl methacrylate 8.0
monomer
Diethylene glycol dimethyl ether 80.0
Portion 3
Dibutyl tin dilaurate 0.2
Portion 4
. Acetone 110.0
- Portion 5
Methyl methacrylate monomer340.0
Butyl methacrylate monomer80.0
~ Methacrylic acid monomer 17.0
: Dodecyl mercaptan 18.0
Portion 6
Methyl methacrylate monomer120.0
Butyl methacrylate monomer40.0
Methacrylic acid monomer 25.0
: Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether 200.0
Portion 7
Azobisisobutyronitrile 16.0
Acetone 30.0
Methyl ethyl ketone 50.0
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether 100.0
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether 37.0
acetate
Total 1711.2
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Portion 1 is charged into a conventional
polymerization vessel equipped as in Example 1
blanketed with nitrogen and heated to its reflux
temperature to remove any moisture and about 10 parts
of solvents. Portion 2 is premixed and added slowly to
the polymerization vessel over a 15 minute period.
Portion 3 is added and the resulting reaction
mixture is held at about 130C for about 30 minutes.
Portion 4 is then slowly added while the reaction
mixture is at its reflux temperature. Poxtion 5 is
premixed and added and the reaction mixture is held
at its reflux temperature of about 88C. Portions
6 and 7 are premixed and added simultaneously after
portion 5 is added. Portion 6 is added over a
60 minute period and Portion 7 is added over a 90
minute period while maintaining the reaction mixture
at its reflux temperature. The reaction mixture is
cooled to room temperature.
The resulting graft copolymer solution
has a solids content of about 60~ and a Gardner
Holdt viscosity measured at 25C of about ~.
The graft copolymer has an acid number of about
27 and comprises about 37% alkyd resin side chain
and a backbone of about 0.8~ of 2-isocyanatoethyl
methacrylates, 46% methyl methacrylate, 12~ butyl
methacrylate and 4.2~ methacrylic acid. The graft
copolymer has an Mn in the range of about 3,000-
10, 000.
A clear coating composition is pre-
pared by blending the following constituents:
Portion 1 Parts by Weight
Graft copolymer solution 169.0
(prepared above)
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Cobal~ naphthena~e 2.0
ier solution (55% solids
cobal~ naphthenate in mineral
spiri~s)
Portion 2
Triethylamine 4 9
~1at~r l90.0
Total 36~.9
Portion l is charged into a mixing
vessel and thoroughly mixed and ~hen portion 2 is
added and mixed to form a coating composition. The
resulting coating composition is a ~ine dispersion
that has excellent sprayability. When sprayed onto
a phosphatized steel substrate, a tack ~ree film is
formed in about 4 hours that is resis~ant to tape
printin~ and water spotting in 24 hours.
Example 3
hn acrylic allcyd resin graft copolymer
solution is prepared as follo;~s:
20 Pr~ion Parts by ~rei~ht
Alkyd resin solution 471.0
tprepared in Example 2)
Portion 2
2-Isocyanato ethyl mothacryl~telO.0
Diethylene glycol dimethylether 60.o
Portion 3
Dibutyl tin dilaurate 0.2
Portion 4
.
Acetone lO0.0
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Methyl met~acrylate monomer 290.0
Butyl methacrylate monomer 70.0
t-B~tyl aminoethyl methacrylate mon~er 25.0
Methacrylic acid monomer 15.0
3~ Dodecyl mercaptan 18.0
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Portion 6
Methyl methacrylate monomer100.0
Butyl methacrylate monomer 30.0
t-Butyl aminoethyl methacrylate5.0
monomer
Methacrylic acid monomer 25.0
Portion 7
Azobisisobutyronitrile 16.0
Acetone 30.0
Methyl ethyl ketone 50.0
Diethylene glycol dimethyl100.0
ether
Portion 8
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Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether 150.0
Portion 9
2-Isocyanato ethyl methacrylate30.0
Diethylene glycol diethyl ether 50.0
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether 67.0
acetate ~~
Total 1712.2
Portion 1 is charged into a conventional
polymerization vessel equipped as in Example 1
blanketed with nitrogen and heated to its reflux
temperature to remove any moisture and about 11
parts by weight of solvents. Portion 2 is premixed
and added slowly over a 15 minute period and then
Portion 3 is added and the resulting reaction mixture
is held at about 130~ for about 30 minutes. Portion
4 is slowly added while the reaction mixture is held
at its reflux temperature. Portion 5 is premixed and
added to the reaction mixture after heating the
reaction mixture to its reflux temperature. Portions
6 and 7 are premixed and added simultaneously to the
reaction mixture. Portion 6 is added over a 60 minute
period and portion 7 is added over a 90 minute period
while the reaction mixture is held at its refluxtemperature.
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About one third of portion 8 is added and the
reaction mixture is held at about 90C for about
2 hours and then the remainder of portion 8 is
~` added. Portion 9 is premixed and added without
further heating the reaction mixture and then
the reaction mixture is held for about 30 minutes
and then cooled to an ambient temperature.
The resulting graft copolymer
solution has a solids content of about 60% and a
Gardner Holdt viscosity measured at 25C of about
~-3. The copolymer has an acid number of about
26.2 and comprises a side chain of about 40% alkyd
resin and a backbone of about 4% isocyanato ethyl
methacrylate, 39% methyl methacrylate, 10%
butyl methacrylate, 3% t-butyl aminoethyl
methacrylate and 4% methacrylic acid. The graft
copolymer has a Mn in the range of about 3,000-
10,000.
A clear coating composition is prepared
by blending the following constituents:
Parts by ~eight
Graft copolymer solution 167.0
(prepared above)
Cobalt naphthenate drier 2.0
solution (described in ~xample 2)
Triethylamine 4.7
Water 128.0
Total 301.7
The above constituents are blended
together to form a coating composition of a very
fine transparent dispersion that has excellent
spray characteristics. The coating composition is
sprayed onto a phosphatized steel panel and dried
at an ambient temperature. The resulting film
dries to a tack free state in about 4 hours and is
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resistanv to ~.ia'er spottin~ and tape printing in
24 hours.
Anothe~ clear c02ting composition
is prepared by ble~ding together the following
constituents:
Parts by T~Teight
Gra,~v copolymer solution 142.0
(prepared above)
Al~yd resin soltuion (prepared18.0
i~ Example 2)
Cobalt naphthenate drier solu~ion2.0
(described in Example 2)
Triethylamine 4.1
Wate~ 150.0
Total 316~1
The above constituents are blended
together to form a coating composition of a very
fine mill~y dispersion that has excellent spray
characteristics. The coating composition is sprayed
onto a phosphatized steel panel and dried at an
ambient temperature.
The resulting film dries to a tack
free state in about ~our hours and after 24 hours
- has good tape print, I.rater spot and gasoline
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Example 4
An alkyd resin solution is prepared
as follows:
Portion 1 Parts by Wei~ht
Dehydrated castor oil 1970.0
3 - fatty acids
Benzoic Acid 343.0
Pentaerythritol 816.0
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Phthalic anhydride 417. o
Isophthalic acid 233.0
Dibutyl tin oxide 2.8
Xylene 146.0
Portion 2
Toluene 243. o
Portion 3
Diethylene glycol dimethyl ether 288.0
Total 4458.8
Portion 1 is charged into a polymeri-
~ation vessel equipped as in Example 1 and blanketed
with nitrogen. During the following reaction the
constituents in the vessel are under constent agitation.
Portion 1 is heated to its reflux temperature and
held at this temperature until the resulting reaction
mixture reaches an acid number of about 6 which
requires about 6 hours. Water is removed from the
reaction mixture as it is formed. Portion 2 is then
added and then Portion 3 is added and the reaction
20 mixture is cooled to room temperature. The resulting
alkyd resin solution has a solids content of about
85% and has a Gardner Holdt viscosity of about ~2.
The alkyd resin has an acid number of about 4 and
a number average molecular weight of about 2200.
Acrylic Alkyd Resin Graft Copolymer
An acrylic alkyd resin graft copolymer
solution is prepared as follows:
Portion 1 Parts by ~lei ht
Alkyd resin solution 1130.0
(prepared above)
Portion ?
2-Isocyanato ethyl 16. 8
methacrylate monomer
Diethylene glycol dimethyl ether 144.0
Portion 3
3~ Dibutyl tin dilaurate 0.5
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Portion 4
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Acetone 192.0
Portion 5
Methyl methacrylate monomer 720.0
Lauryl methacrylate monomer 118.4
t-Butyl aminoethyl 36.o
methacrylate monomer
Methacrylic acid 36.0
Dodecyl mercaptan 48.o
Portion 6
-~
Methyl methacrylate monomer 312.0
Lauryl methacrylate monomer 40.0
t-Butyl aminoethyl 36.o
methacrylate monomer
Methacrylic acid monomer 60.0
15 Dodecyl mercaptan 12.0
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether240.0
Portion 7
Azobisisobutyronitrile 43.0
Acetone 70 0
Methyl ethyl ketone 120.0
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether240.0
Portion 8
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether150.0
ether acetate
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether 134.0
Portion 9
2-Isocyanato ethyl 64.8
methacrylate monomer
Diethylene glycol dimethyl ether 160.0
Total4123.5
Portion 1 is changed into a conventional
polymerization vessel equipped as in Example 1 and
placed under a blanket of nitrogen and is heated to
its reflux temperature to remove any moisture and
aoout 20 parts by -~eight of solvent. Portion 2 i~
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premixed and slowly added to the vessel over a 15
minute period. Portion 3 is then added and held
at 135C for 30 minutes. Portion 4 is then added
over a 15 minute period and then portion 5 is added
and the resulting reaction mixture is heated to its
reflux temperature. About one fifth of portion 7 is
then added while the reaction mixture is at its reflux
temperature and held at its reflux temperature for
20 minutes. About one third of portion 6 is added
with about one fifth of portion 7 and the reaction
mixture is held at its reflux temperature for about
20 minutes. About one third of portion 6 and one
fifth of portion 7 are added and the reaction mixture
is held at its reflux temperature for 20 minutes.
Then the remaining one third of portion 6 with one
fifth of portion 7 are added and all of portion 8
is slowly added over a 20 minute period while the
reaction mixture is held at its reflux temperature.
The remainder of portion 7 is added and the reaction
mixture is brought to its reflux temperature and
held at its reflux temperature over the next two hours.
The reaction mixture is not heated further and portion
9 is added and the reaction mixture is slowly cooled
to room temperature.
The resulting graft copolymer solution
has a sollds content of about 60% and a Gardner Holdt
viscosity measured at 25C of about Z4-Z5. The
graft copolymer has an acid number of about 23.3 and
comprises about 40% alkyd resin side chains and a
backbone of about 0.7% by weight of isocyanato
ethyl methacrylate, 43,~ methyl methacrylate,
6.6% lauryl methacrylate, 3.0% tertiary butyl amino-
ethyl methacrylate, 4.0% methacrylic acid and 2.7%
of isocyanato ethyl methacrylate that has been reacted
with the t-butyl amino ethyl methacrylate monomer.
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The graft copolymer has a Mn of about 3,000-10,000.
Acrylic Polymer/Alkyd Resin Blend
Acrylic Polymer/Alkyd Resin Blend
An acrylic alkyd resin blend is
prepared by using the above constituents and poly-
merication procedure as used in making the acrylic
alkyd resin graft copolymer except portions 2 and 3
are omitted. A graft copolymer is not formed since
the isocyanato ethy methacrylate of portion 2 which
is the grafting site monomer is omitted.
Plasticizer Resin _
A plasticizer resin solution is
prepared as follows:
Portion 1 Parts by Weignt
.
Pelargonic acid 309.5
Benzoic acid 95.6
Pentaerythritol 189.3
~dlpic acid 152.5
Dibutyl tin oxide 1.0
Toluene
Portion 2
Toluene 60.0
- Portion 3
2-Isocyanato ethyl methacrylate10.2
monomer
Diethylene glycol dimethyl ether 130.0
Portion 4
Dibutyl tin dilaurate 3
Portion 5
Acetone 100.0
Portion 6
Methyl methacrylate monomer270.0
Butyl acrylate monomer 59.8
Dodecyl mercaptan 16.0
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Portion 7
Azobisisobutyronitrile 12.0
Methyl ethyl ketone 80.0
Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether 80.0
Total1586.2
Portion 1 is charged into a poly-
merization vessel equipped as in Example 1 and
blanketed with nitrogen. During the following
reaction the constituents are in the vessel and
under constant agitation. Portion 1 is heated to
its reflux temperature and held at this temperature
until the resulting reaction mixture reaches an
acid number of about l which takes about 4 hours.
Water is removed from the reaction mixture as
formed. Portion 2 is then added. Portion 3 is
slowly added over a 15 minute period while holding
the temperàture at about 110C. Portion 4 is
added and the temperature of the reaction mixture
is held at about 120C for about 40 minutes.
Portion 5 iS added and then portion 6 is added.
About 25% of portion 7 is added and the temperature
of the reaction mixture for the remainder of the
reaction is held at about 85-88C. After about
15 minutes another 25% of portion 7 is added and
after 30 minutes the remainder of portion 7 is added.
The reaction is continued for about one additional
hour.
The resulting solution has a polymer
solids content of about 68.4% and a Gardner Holdt
viscosity measured at 25c of about Z-1/2 and the
resin has an acid number of about l.l. The resin
comprises about 66% of an alkyd resin of pelargonic
acid/benzoic acid/pentaerythritol/adipic acid and
a backbone of about 1% isocyanato ethyl methacrylate,
27% methyl methacrylate and 6% butyl acrylate.
The resin has a Mn of about 3,000-7,000.
A blue coating composition is prepared
by first forming mill bases and then preparing
the coating composition with these mill bases.
White Mill B seParts by Weight
Titanium dioxide pigment690.90
Acrylic Dispersion Resin Solution 69.13
(70% solids of a styrene/methyl-
methacrylate/butyl acrylate/
acrylic acid polymer having a
weight ratio of constituents of
30/25/35/10 and the polymer has
an acid number of 78 in ethylene
glycol mono ethyl ether)
Ethylene glycol monoethyl25.77
ether
Ethylene glycol monobutyl214.20
Total 1000.00
The above constituents are mixed
together and then charged into a conventional sand
mill and ground for two passes to form the mill base.
Blue Mill BaseParts by Weight
Monastral* Blue Pigment176.40
Acrylic Dispersion Resin237.78
Solution(described above)
Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether 88.62
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether 497.20
Total 1000.00
The above constituents are mixed
together and then charged into a conventional sandmill
and ground for two passes to form the mill base.
A coating composition is prepared by
blending the following constituents:
Parts~by Weight
Acrylic alkyd resin graft61.34
copolymer solution (prepared
above)
Alkyd resin solution (prepared %.56
above)
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Plastici~er resin solution 3.57
(prepared above)
White ~ill Base 20.44
(prepared above)
Blue Mill 3ase 2.45
(prepared a~ove)
Silicone anticratering solution 0.49
tlO% organic silicone poly-
ether aqueous solution)
Methyl ethyl ketoxime 0.24
Cobalt naphthenate solution 0.97
(55% sollds in mineral
spirits)
Triethyl amine 1.94
~ Total 100.00
The above coating composition is
reducted with water to a spray viscosity and sprayed
onto a phosphatized steel substrate. A tack free
finish is formed in about 4 hours that is resistant
to printing, water spotting and gasoline resistant
in 24 hours. The finish also has excellentweather-
ability,
A coating composition is formedby using the above constituents in the same amount
except the above prepared acrylic polymer/alkyd
resin blend was substututed for the acrylic
alkyd resin graft copolymer solution~ When water
was added to reduce the resulting composition to
a spray viscosity a fine dispersion was not formed
but a distinct separate layer formed. This compo-
sition when sprayed onto a phosphatized steel sub-
strate did not dry to a tack free finish but was
soft and not resistant to tape printing water
spotting and gasoline after 24 hours and had
reslstance to weathering.
Exam~D1e 5
A blue metallic coatlng composition
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preparing a coating composition with these mill
bases.
Green Mill Base Parts by Weight
Monastral Green Pigment 24.51
Acrylic Dispersion Resin 22.31
Solution (described in
Example 4)
Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether 53.18_
Total 100.00
The above constituents are mixed
together and then charged into a conventional sand-
mill and ground two passes to form a mill base.
Aluminum Flake ~ill Base Parts by Weight
. _
Aluminum Paste 16.44
(66~ aluminum flake in
mineral spirits)
Acrylic alkyd resin graft 71.30
copolymer s-olution (prepared
in Example 4)
Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether 10.41
Triethyl amine 1~85
Total100.00
The above constituents are thoroughly blended
together to form a mill base.
A coating composition is prepared by
blending the following constituents:
Parts by Weight
_ . .
Acrylic alkyd resin qraft 588.5
copolymer solution (described
in Example 4~
Alkyd resin solution (79~ solids 144.9
of an alkyd resin of tung oil
fatty acids, dehydrated castor
oil fatty acids, benzoic acid,
phthalic acid, isophthalic acid,
pentaerythritol having an acid
number of 4 and a number average
molecular weight of about 1164
in a mixture of xylene and toluene)
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Trimethylol propane tri- : 5,8
methacrylate
U.V. Screener solution (35% solids 23.2
of di[4(2,2,6,6 tetramethyl
piperdinyl~ sebacate in methyl
ethyl keton~
Methyl ethyl ketoxime 2.9
Cobalt napththenate solution 11.6
(55% sclids in mineral spirits)
Green Mill Base (prepared above)4.1
Blue Mill Base (prepared in 47.6
Example 4)
Triethyl amine 18.7
Aluminum Flake Mill Base 94.8
(prepared above)
Silicone Anticratering solution5.8
(described in Example 4)
Total 1000.0
The above coating composition is
reduced with water to a spray viscosity and sprayed
onto a phosphatized steel substrate. A tack free
f`inish is formed ~n about 4 hours that is resistant
: to tape printing, water spotting and gasoline
: after 24 hours. The finish has excellent weather-
: ability and is useful as an automotive or truck
: finish and can be used to refinish autos and
trucks.
